Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Beal, Austin County, Texas, 1869
John Beal registered to vote in Austin County on November 22, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
John Beal
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Beal
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Austin County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Beals elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 58 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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